[Snyk] Security upgrade web-ext from 4.3.0 to 9.2.0

[saurabharch]

Snyk has created this PR to fix 2 vulnerabilities in the npm dependencies of this project.

Snyk changed the following file(s):

• packages/react-devtools-extensions/package.json

Vulnerabilities that will be fixed with an upgrade:

	Issue	Score
	Symlink Attack SNYK-JS-TMP-11501554	661
	Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime SNYK-JS-INFLIGHT-6095116	631

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Summary of Changes

Hello @saurabharch, I'm Gemini Code Assist¹! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed!

This pull request aims to enhance the security posture of the project by automatically updating a key dependency, web-ext, to a newer version. This upgrade is specifically targeted at mitigating two identified security vulnerabilities, ensuring the application remains robust against known threats.

Highlights

• Security Vulnerability Fix: This pull request, automatically generated by Snyk, addresses two security vulnerabilities: a Symlink Attack (SNYK-JS-TMP-11501554) and a Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime (SNYK-JS-INFLIGHT-6095116).
• Dependency Upgrade: To resolve the identified vulnerabilities, the web-ext dependency has been upgraded from version 4.3.0 to 9.2.0 in packages/react-devtools-extensions/package.json.

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Code Review

This pull request, automatically generated by Snyk, upgrades the web-ext dependency from version 4.3.0 to 9.2.0 to resolve two medium-severity vulnerabilities. While the security fix is important, this is a major version upgrade across five versions, which introduces a high risk of breaking changes. My review highlights a critical concern regarding the new Node.js version requirement (v18.12.0+) for web-ext v9, which could break the development and CI environments if the project supports older Node versions. Additionally, other breaking changes in the web-ext CLI could affect build and test scripts. It is essential to perform thorough manual testing before merging this change.

[gemini-code-assist]

This PR upgrades web-ext across 5 major versions (from v4 to v9). This is a significant change that likely includes breaking changes, as indicated by Snyk's own metadata (isBreakingChange: true).

There are a couple of critical risks to consider:

• Node.js version requirement: web-ext v9 requires Node.js v18.12.0 or newer. If this project supports older versions of Node.js, this upgrade will break the build for developers and CI environments using those older versions. Please verify the project's engines configuration and ensure compatibility.
• Breaking changes in CLI: Major version updates often change command-line flags, configuration options, or behavior. The scripts that use web-ext (e.g., for yarn test:firefox) may need to be updated.

Given that this is an automated PR, it is crucial to thoroughly test the Firefox extension's build and test scripts (yarn build:firefox, yarn test:firefox) to ensure everything still works as expected before merging.